What did the Joint Committee on Reconstruction find?
A) Blacks were grossly inferior to whites and should have remained as slaves.
B) Southern states were carrying out reconstruction goals to the best of their ability despite federal policies.
C) Blacks were being treated very poorly; southern whites were largely defiant.
D) Blacks needed education to be able to gain political rights for themselves.
Answer: C
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a. hopelessly divided the Democratic party. b. admitted Kansas to the Union as a free state. c. admitted Kansas to the Union as a slave state. d. reaffirmed the Democratic party as a national party. e. turned the focus of controversy to Nebraska.
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a. temperance b. women's rights c. abolition of slavery d. prison reform e. universal education